Re-poting a phal

[Hummer344]

I was repotting my new phals, which were in sphag, when the idea struck me to take pictures. A lot of newbies ask how to get the plant out of the pot then get the sphag out from between the roots. I cut the pots down the sides and take the plant out. I then use my fingers to disloge and remove the sphag and trim bad roots. Below are pictures. Also the size of the old pot and the new pot.

[myorchid]

Very helpful! Thanks!

[davetheorchidaddict]

I have found that Phal's seem to want to grow out of the pot, one of my prize winning Phals had really grown out of the pot so I repotted it - it did not like it and died. I have started growing them like they were in the jungles - mounted and they seem to like it. I have tried to grow gigantea's and having tilled several in pots so I mounted the current one which bloomed already and it is 3 years old - most gave up at 12 to 18 months. That eliminated trying to picking pot size and medium because mounted they will grow on any mount and no medium is needed.

[Hummer344]

YEs, you can mount them, but, for those of us that don't have the climate, greenhouse, or patience to water mounted orchids, I find that repotting them works pretty good.

[orchidlover55]

That should explain it. That will help alot of people